Client: Jesse Engineering
Owner: Carnival Cruise Lines
Cost of Work: $3 million

Jesse Engineering Company and PND were selected by Carnival Corporation to design and build a Passenger Boarding Gangway to facilitate the boarding of passengers onto the cruise ships using the Long Beach Cruise Terminal at the Queen Mary in California.

Key Features included in the design:
• Fixed system minimized loading requirements of dock.
• Minimal foot-print.
• Full ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliant with 5% maximum slopes on 304-feet of ramp.
• System automatically adjusts vertically for the changing tide levels.
• Accommodates 66-foot range parallel to the face of the dock by means of a movable cabin
• Screw jacks provide safe and reliable vertical lifting system.
• Capable of accessing vessel doors from approximately +10 feet to +40 feet above dock.
• Fully covered walkways
• Seismic resistant per California code
• Prefabricated and shop tested minimized erection time.

"There's nothing like it in the world. It's fully functional throughout the tide, staying within ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) requirements at all time. Except for the deepest draft ships, maybe two, we can handle every cruise ship in the world here."
– Giora Israel
Vice President, Carnival Corporation
April 21, 2003 Downtown Gazette